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I really want ones of those home made hookas, where can I buy one, or how can I make one?

You can get the hookahs at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/picaro

There 60-70 bucks a pop, but a few people have said there not up to par, but then other people said they loved them, its a hit and miss it seems.

If you wanna make one, honestly thats pretty simple, your gonna need to be 21 or have somebody buy you the bottles you want to use.

What you need:

diamond tipped drill bit, (roughly 15-25 bucks online)

Rubber placers that i can’t think of the name of but they look like earrings for gauged ears (hardware store)

a bucket of water

a cordless drill

some hookah tubing or safe smoking hose(15-30 bucks hookah accessory site)

also a bowl head with a drop down stem.(10-15 for the bowl and 10 bucks for the stem) Look for hookah accessories sites

How To:

hold the bottle underwater and drill the hole where you want it to go(don’t put the drill underwater), the water is mostly for lubricant and to make sure the glass doesn’t break, or spray in your face. Now your rubber placers come in, hopefully you’ve found the perfect size that will be tight in your drilled hole and air tight. what i would do for a perfect seal is warm it up so the rubber is loose and willing to form, slide or twist your hookah hose in spot so its nice and tight, apply some more heat and let sit and tighten. Put together your bowl and stem, there are many ways you can do this since they don’t make ones that screw together, you could use rubber, glue,cement, many different things, use whatever you feel comfortable using.  It’s pretty simple to make if you have the resources and money.  

Price is likely to change depending on which hookah you wanna make and how you make it.

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